Colombian black-handed titi

The Colombian black-handed titi (Cheracebus medemi) is a species of titi, a type of New World monkey, endemic to Colombia. It was originally described in the genus Callicebus in 1963.[2]

Colombian black-handed titi
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Primates
Suborder: Haplorhini
Infraorder: Simiiformes
Family: Pitheciidae
Genus: Cheracebus
Species:
C. medemi
Binomial name
Cheracebus medemi
(Hershkovitz, 1963)
Colombian black-handed titi range
Synonyms

Callicebus medemi Hershkovitz, 1963

The pelage of this species is predominantly black variable looking like lugens or like lucifer but with the white chest and the hands blackish instead of whitish.

References

  1. Palacios, E. (2020). "Cheracebus medemi". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2020: e.T39944A17973462. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-3.RLTS.T39944A17973462.en. Retrieved 19 November 2021.
  2. Groves, C. P. (2005). Wilson, D. E.; Reeder, D. M. (eds.). Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed.). Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. p. 144. ISBN 0-801-88221-4. OCLC 62265494.


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